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Kryptonics Skateboards is an American manufacturer of Skateboards and Longboards founded in 1965 and originally manufactured polyurethane products for the mining and computer industry. In the mid-1970s, the company introduced the Kryptonics Star Trac line of wheels that drastically changed the functionality of skateboards.
Freestyle scootering (also known as scootering or scooter riding) is an extreme sport that involves using kick scooters to perform freestyle tricks. This is done mainly in skateparks but also in urban environments on obstacles such as stairs, hand rails and curbs.
A Mecanum wheel is an omnidirectional wheel design for a land-based vehicle to move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Swedish wheel or Ilon wheel after its inventor, Bengt Erland Ilon (1923–2008), [ 1 ] who conceived of the concept while working as an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB, and patented it in the United ...
During the early 1990s, Blind was one of the largest skateboard brands in the world, due to board sales and sales of Blind's jean products. [8] During the 1990s and early/mid-2000s, additional team members, such as Kris Markovich, James Craig, Jake Duncombe, Jake Brown, Corey Shepard, Grant Patterson, Danny Cerezini, and Jani Laitala were recruited by brand manager Bill Weiss.
Another device, also called the Kangaroo Scooter, has been designed and sold by Ron and Johnny Knox's company, Knoxcooter Inc., of Weyburn, Canada since 2004. This variant includes a one-sided rear wheel support, disk brakes and uniquely a clutched rear hub; which allows the user to coast for periods without bouncing up and down.
The Scooter Store agreed to settle its dispute with the government in 2007, having already recovered the majority of the claims in question. In 2007, the company founded its Alliance Seating & Mobility Division. By 2009, The Scooter Store had 129 locations across the United States, employed 2,368 people, and served more than 400,000 customers. [7]
The Razor Scooter is a compact folding scooter developed by Micro Mobility Systems and manufactured by JD Corporation. [1] Over 5 million units were sold in the six months following the launch of the first Razor scooter in 2000, and it was named as Spring/Summer Toy of the Year that same year. [2] The first electric Razor scooter was released ...
The WF-120V is a two-seat coupe manufactured by Shandong Huoyun Electric Car Co., Ltd, located in Zibo, China. [5] The WF-72 V is a four-seat sedan manufactured by Shandong Pioneer Motorcycle Co., Ltd. [6] The WF-120 is powered by an 8.5 kilowatt, 120 volt AC motor.